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Coping with rain a big job for U.S. Open caddies

Jim "Bones" MacKay won't ever forget it.

As Phil Mickelson's caddie since 1992, MacKay has been through a lot of weather with his man, but Friday of the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage was the worst.

"It was the most miserable I can ever remember," MacKay said Wednesday at the practice green with bright sun streaming through partly cloudy skies. "I remember there was the guy driving around...

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